It will probably come as no surprise to many of our members and the public that the lives of expectant and new mothers in the UK are seriously deteriorating with the cost of living crisis and the crisis in mental health which inevitably accompanies it.
Category Archives: NHS
Nurses outside “civilised society” says Shapps
Business Secretary Grant Shapps yesterday accused ambulance workers of being outside the bounds of “civilised society”.
‘Protect our NHS’ while Labour and Tories sell it to the highest bidder!
Up to 100,000 NHS workers are facing the sack for failing to be vaccinated against covid-19 by the April deadline. We are being told that it is necessary for frontlineContinue reading “‘Protect our NHS’ while Labour and Tories sell it to the highest bidder!”
“3 Hospitals to 2”: Oppose the closure of Leicester General Hospital
Plans are well advanced to close Leicester General Hospital. Or in trust management doublespeak: “Leicester General has a key role to play in people’s future health and care needs byContinue reading ““3 Hospitals to 2”: Oppose the closure of Leicester General Hospital”
WP statement on Covid passports
The Workers Party of Britain is opposed to the mandatory use of identity card documents, or digital applications, linked to personal medical information, in this instance Covid status, either by proof of vaccination or recent test result.
Support the striking guards at the Royal Berkshire!
The Workers Party of Britain deplores the failure of outsourcing giant Kingdom Services Group to pay its security guards at the Royal Berkshire hospital a decent wage, and warmly commends the unanimous decision by the 23 Unite members affected to stage a second wave of strikes in January and February.
Statement: Lockdowns are neither effective nor fair, but a further proof of government failure to manage the health emergency effectively
The Workers Party of Britain condemns the new raft of lockdown restrictions brought into effect on Wednesday 14 October – initially targeting the north-west – as a stark admission of failure on the part of Boris Johnson’s Conservative government to deal with Covid-19 on a national scale.
#PayUpNow
The Workers Party of Britain is proudly supporting the Unison Pay Up Now campaign as thousands of workers take to the streets across Scotland. Unison is calling on the Scottish government to reopen the NHS’s three-year pay deal, and to discuss a pay rise for all NHS staff.
After the Applause … it’s time to pay up – report from Glasgow
On Friday afternoon at 2.00pm, key workers from the GMB union in Glasgow took part in an After the Applause demonstration, and the Workers Party of Britain were there in support.
Workers Party out in force for #NHSPay15 campaign
The Workers Party of Britain joined thousands of people across the country on Saturday as we gave our support to NHS workers and their campaign for a pay rise – #NHSPay15.